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Conner Prince (born March 28, 2000) is an American
sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such ...
. He competed at the
2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...
, winning the
silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...
in the men's skeet event, coming second to his coach
Vincent Hancock Vincent Charles Hancock (born March 19, 1989) is an American Army sergeant, sports shooter, and four-time Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in men's skeet shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics (with a then Olympic record), 2012 Summer Olympi ...
.


Biography

Prince was born in
Fort Worth Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton County, Texas, Denton, Johnson County, Texas, Johnson, Parker County, Texas, Parker, and Wise County, Te ...
but is from
Burleson, Texas Burleson ( ) is a city in Johnson and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a suburb of Fort Worth. At the 2010 census it had a population of 36,690, and in 2019 it had an estimated population of 48,225. By the 2020 census, its po ...
. He began shooting with his high school team in 2014 before beginning Olympic Skeet in 2017. Prince graduated from Centennial High School. Prince qualified for the Olympics in 2024, and was a senior at
Tarleton State University Tarleton State University is a Public university, public research university in Stephenville, Texas, United States. It is a founding member of the Texas A&M University System and enrolled over 15,000 students in the fall of 2022. It is Carnegie C ...
at the time.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prince, Conner Living people 2000 births Sportspeople from Fort Worth, Texas American male sport shooters Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in shooting Tarleton State University alumni People from Burleson, Texas 21st-century American sportsmen